Amazon Refreshes Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft E-Readers With Flush Screens
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the original Kindle e-reader. Instead of waiting a whole year, Amazon said, “Screw it,” and updated its basic Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft e-readers with unibody designs in plastic and aluminum, bezels that are flush with the e-paper displays, and fresh new colors. Before I get into what’s new for each device, know this: Amazon isn’t raising the prices.
- ▪Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the original Kindle e-reader.
- ▪Instead of waiting a whole year, Amazon said, “Screw it,” and updated its basic Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft e-readers with unibody designs in plastic and aluminum, bezels that are flush with the e-paper displays, and fre
- ▪Before I get into what’s new for each device, know this: Amazon isn’t raising the prices.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Amazon updates the Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Colorsoft with new colors and up to 32GB of storage, and unveils the $35 Kindle Click page-turning remote (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge) — Techmeme
- ▪ Amazon Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft 2026: Specs, Price, Release Date — WIRED
- ▪ Amazon introduces new Kindle Paperwhite, Colorsoft and entry-level models — Engadget
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Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the original Kindle e-reader. Instead of waiting a whole year, Amazon said, “Screw it,” and updated its basic Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft e-readers with unibody designs in plastic and aluminum, bezels that are flush with the e-paper displays, and fresh new colors. Before I get into what’s new for each device, know this: Amazon isn’t raising the prices. All of the new Kindles cost the same as the previous models… because Amazon already raised the prices in August. Kindle The Ube basic Kindle is such a splash of fun. © Adriano Contreras / Gizmodo Let’s start with the most affordable Kindle and work our way up to the most expensive. The new basic Kindle starts at $149.99 and comes in Ube and Graphite.
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